web - Proverbs:22-23

web@Proverbs:22:1 @ A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

web@Proverbs:22:2 @ The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

web@Proverbs:22:3 @ A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

web@Proverbs:22:4 @ The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

web@Proverbs:22:5 @ Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

web@Proverbs:22:6 @ Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

web@Proverbs:22:7 @ The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

web@Proverbs:22:8 @ He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

web@Proverbs:22:9 @ He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

web@Proverbs:22:10 @ Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

web@Proverbs:22:11 @ He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

web@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

web@Proverbs:22:13 @ The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

web@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

web@Proverbs:22:15 @ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

web@Proverbs:22:16 @ Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

web@Proverbs:22:17 @ Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

web@Proverbs:22:18 @ For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

web@Proverbs:22:19 @ That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.

web@Proverbs:22:20 @ Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

web@Proverbs:22:21 @ To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

web@Proverbs:22:22 @ Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

web@Proverbs:22:23 @ for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

web@Proverbs:22:24 @ Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

web@Proverbs:22:25 @ lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

web@Proverbs:22:26 @ Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

web@Proverbs:22:27 @ If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

web@Proverbs:22:28 @ Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.

web@Proverbs:22:29 @ Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.

web@Proverbs:23:1 @ When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

web@Proverbs:23:2 @ put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

web@Proverbs:23:3 @ Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

web@Proverbs:23:4 @ Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

web@Proverbs:23:5 @ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

web@Proverbs:23:6 @ Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

web@Proverbs:23:7 @ for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

web@Proverbs:23:8 @ The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

web@Proverbs:23:9 @ Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

web@Proverbs:23:10 @ Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

web@Proverbs:23:11 @ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

web@Proverbs:23:12 @ Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

web@Proverbs:23:13 @ Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

web@Proverbs:23:14 @ Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead.}.

web@Proverbs:23:15 @ My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

web@Proverbs:23:16 @ yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

web@Proverbs:23:17 @ Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

web@Proverbs:23:18 @ Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

web@Proverbs:23:19 @ Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

web@Proverbs:23:20 @ Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

web@Proverbs:23:21 @ for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

web@Proverbs:23:22 @ Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

web@Proverbs:23:23 @ Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

web@Proverbs:23:24 @ The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

web@Proverbs:23:25 @ Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

web@Proverbs:23:26 @ My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

web@Proverbs:23:27 @ For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

web@Proverbs:23:28 @ Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

web@Proverbs:23:29 @ Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

web@Proverbs:23:30 @ Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

web@Proverbs:23:31 @ Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

web@Proverbs:23:32 @ In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

web@Proverbs:23:33 @ Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

web@Proverbs:23:34 @ Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

web@Proverbs:23:35 @ "They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

web@Proverbs:24:1 @ Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them: